Monday, January 26, 2015

The Brothers turned 3! {a Firefighter Rescue Party}

So, yes, Beckett & Kiernan turned 3. And, yes, it was back in September. But someone was asking me about it the other day and I realized that I never posted pictures of either of our birthday parties this year!

The boys are big into firefighters lately. Pretty standard for a 3 year old boy, if you ask me! I wanted to keep it pretty simple this year, but still fun for the boys, so I focused my efforts on desserts. Kiernan REALLLLLLY wanted a "real" firetruck cake. So I did my best to create one for him. Brian & I laughed through the entire process because the cake just did not want to stand up and the icing did not want to stay on the cake. Is it the prettiest thing ever? Hell no. But the boys loved it so I'm calling it a win.

The cupcakes were red velvet and delicious. I lumped a few different colors of icing in a bag and got nice and sloppy with a cake tip to try to get a bit of a flame effect. Again, not all that pretty, but the boys sure loved it.

And to round out the dessert table? More chocolate. I ordered some police/fire/ambulance chocolate molds from Amazon and whipped up a batch of colorful chocolates and some dark chocolate ones for those of us who prefer our chocolate to be as dark brown as possible.

The day was simple and sweet. Surrounded by our closest friends and family, we celebrated our babies taking one more step toward becoming big boys. It's just so hard to believe that they have only been in our lives for 3 short years.

They really love each other fiercely ... so fiercely, in fact, that hugs often usually almost always result in wrestling matches. We tried to make sure that this hug was an exception to that rule. Wrestling matches are really better left until after candles are blown out.

Every year on their birthday, Beckett & Kiernan each get their own "cake", candle, and birthday song. When they were babies, we attended a birthday party for my friend's twin boys, and at the party we sang to each boy separately. I loved the thought that even though they share a birthday, they each deserve their own song!

We sang for Beckett, then we sang for Kiernan, and then Brennan serenaded them with his "May the Dear Lord bless you" version of the birthday song. Beckett liked it. Kiernan was ready to finally get to examine the firetruck cake.

After lots and lots of cake was consumed, we tucked away into the living/dining room to open gifts. We are so, so incredibly blessed to have such thoughtful people in our lives. While a party with all of these wonderful people celebrating them would have been enough for our boys, they certainly enjoyed opening gifts.

All in all, it was a sweet, calm day to celebrate 2 sweet, not-so-calm little boys, while surrounded by those we love the most. We really couldn't ask for anything more!

Except for Rescue Bots. Apparently we can always ask for more Rescue Bots because we can never have enough. This is a lesson that I am still learning. The hard way!